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PubMed1994

[Cognitive characteristics of children and adolescents with social behavior disorders--an overview].

This paper first reviews studies that deal with intelligence structure and developmental disorders among children and adolescents with conducts disorders. Their intelligence quotients frequently fall in the dull normal range, they do worst on the Vocabulary, Information and Arithmetic subtests of the WISC or WAIS. Particularly aggressive adolescents and chronic offenders often suffer from developmental disorders, especially reading retardation, language/speech and attention deficit disorders. Cognitive deficits of children often interact with bad social, especially familial conditions in the development of conduct disorders; in the second part of this paper the nature of this interaction is discussed in detail.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1981

Effects of atmospheric electricity on some substrates of disordered social behavior.

Epidemiological data indicate that increased small positive air ionization due to changing weather conditions is associated with increases in industrial and automobile accidents, suicide, and crime as well as depression, irritability, and interference with central nervous system (CNS) function. Laboratory research is less consistent, with several studies reporting no effects on mood or performance indicative of CNS disturbance. We have designed an experiment that begins to resolve these contradictory data by examining individual differences in response to small positive air ions. Analysis of these data indicates that whereas mood changes were present for most subjects when exposed to positive ions, assessment of individual differences in susceptibility was essential for detecting effects on performance and physiological activation. For most subjects, mood changes induced by ion exposure were characterized by increased tension and irritability. For susceptible (ion-sensitive) subjects, skin conductance measures showed depressed activation and reaction time increased during exposure to ions. For non-sensitive subjects, skin conductance measures revealed increased activation, with no effects of ions on reaction time.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2002

[Social behavior disorders--therapeutic possibilities and limits in inpatient child and adolescent psychiatry].

The health system is engaged in conduct disorders by children and adolescents as they represent a psychiatric diagnosis. They come likewise under the responsibility of community services and in part even justice while they exhibit a broad spectrum of social and conduct problems. Where the activities of the institutions mentioned overlap, arise questions of competence and responsibility. According to available empirical data and clinical experiences issues of indication for inpatient treatment in child and adolescence psychiatry units, however, the difficulties how to deal with these patients will be described. Conclusions with regard to possibilities, limits and contraindications for inpatient treatment of children and adolescents with conduct disorders will be drawn.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1999

[Social therapy of adolescence with social behavior disorders--results and catamnesis].

The therapy program of the social therapeutical ward (STW) at the Pfalzinstitut for child and adolescent psychiatry was specially developed for adolescents with severe conduct disorders. Each adolescent receives a treatment program (e.g. role playing, group therapy, behavioral contracts) according to his individual problem behaviors. Essential part of the therapy program is the therapeutic milieu on the ward. Since the opening in 1990, 71 adolescents were treated more than 8 weeks at the STW. Each adolescent completed after admission and before discharge a personality questionnaire (HSPQ). The aggressive behavior during the first weeks after admission and the last 4 weeks before discharge respectively was rated by staff members on the overt aggression scale (OAS). 1 year posttreatment the behavior of these adolescents at home and at school/at work was assessed. 1 year follow-up data indicate that about 2/3 of the former patients showed no severe behavior problems at home and at school/at work respectively. Positive outcome was associated with changes from dissocial to prosocial attitudes, as measured by the HSPQ. Decrease in aggressive behavior during therapy, according to the OAS, was--contrary to expectations--associated with an increase in behavior problems after discharge. Obviously it is more promising to change the attitudes of conduct disordered adolescents in the prosocial direction than to change their overt aggressive behavior.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1996

[Inpatient social therapy in adolescents with social behavior disorders].

This paper reports about 5 years experience with the therapy program of the social therapeutical ward/that was specially developed for adolescents with conduct disorders. Special attention is devoted to the problem behavior of the adolescents during the in-patient stay, the treatment, approaches and the future prospects of the adolescents after discharge from the social therapeutical ward. It is shown, that the major intentions of the concept of the social therapeutical ward could be put into practice. However, the analysis also displays problems with the application of this concept, that couldn't be overcome so far: on the one hand girls benefit much less from a stay on the social therapeutical ward than boys, on the other hand it was not possible to reduce the high number of running away from the social therapeutical ward. Finally it is pointed out that the opening of this ward had positive effects on the work of the others wards of the hospital.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1998

[Conditions facilitating social behavior disorder in children and adolescents in a clinic referred sample].

The patients referred to our center from 1989 to 6/1994 (n = 1076) were divided into three groups: "conduct disorder" (n = 235), "none psychiatric diagnosis" (n = 324) and "other psychiatric diagnosis" (n = 517). These groups were compared with regard to frequency, age, sex, the frequency of specific developmental disorders, the IQ, and the frequency of abnormal psychosocial circumstances. Additional the religiosity of the families and the televiewing of the children were investigated. Abnormal psychosocial circumstances and enlarged televiewing of the children were significantly associated with conduct disorders.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2006

Behavioral phenotyping of mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders: relevant social behavior patterns across the life span.

Social responses are a key element for behavioral phenotyping of mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders associated with social deficits. Here we describe selected behavioral responses that can be measured in developing and adult mice, with special emphasis on ultrasonic vocalizations, a behavioral response not yet systematically characterized in most of the genetic mouse models of social abnormalities. A recently developed task to measure social approach relevant to the first core symptom of autism is highlighted. We also focus on those developmental factors, including litter size, litter composition, and early social milieu, that are often underestimated when measuring adult social behavior in mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders. We present a summary of available data concerning social behavioral responses in mice with targeted gene mutations. We conclude by suggesting that assessment of early behavioral traits, and corresponding relationships with adult behavioral profiles, could be a useful strategy to investigate mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders associated with social deficits.

Animal Communication↗
PubMed1993

The therapeutic use of social disturbance in institutions: a sociological approach in practice.

Disturbances periodically occur in psychiatric Adolescent Units. This paper argues that by delaying full resolution of these social disturbances, maximum therapeutic benefit may be gained. Illustrated by clinical example, this paper shows how prolonging complete resolution can effect change for the adolescent, the adolescent's social network, and the Adolescent Unit itself. This phenomenon is explained in terms of the philosophy and social structure of the Adolescent Unit described, using methods taken from sociology.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1979

Slang knowledge as an indicator of a general social deviancy subcultural factor.

Evidence for a general social deviancy subcultural factor was found using the Kulik, Sarbin, and Stein (1971) slang test on drugs, gangs, law enforcement, and general words. The slang scores of 68 confirmed opiate addicts exceeded those of normals and young delinquents reported by Kulik, et al. (1971), including delinquents who were recidivists. Addicts knew more drug and alcohol slang than slang in the three other categories. It was recommended that more attempts should be made to subdivide measures of social deviancy by means of slang as there is some evidence of possible further differentiation of subcultural types by means of slang.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

Attainment and adjustment in two geographical areas: III--Some factors accounting for area differences.

It was found that emotional disorders, conduct disorders and specific reading retardation were all twice as common in ten-year-old children attending schools in an inner London borough as in children of the same age on the Isle of Wight. The correlates of these disorders in the two areas were investigated in order to explore possible reasons for these differences in prevalence. It was possible to identify four sets of variables (family discord, parental deviance, social disadvantage and certain school characteristics) which were associated with child disorder and deviance within both the two areas. As in almost all cases these same adverse factors were more commonly found in London, it may be concluded that the high rates of psychiatric disorder and specific reading retardation in London ten-year-olds are due in part to the fact that a relatively high proportion of London families experience marital discord and disruption, that many of the parents show mental disorder and antisocial behaviour, that families often live in poor social circumstances, and that the schools are more often characterized by a high rate of turnover in staff and pupils. The evidence suggests that these problems stemmed from living in an inner London borough, but further research is required to identify what it is about life in a metropolitan area that predisposes to the development of disorder and deviance.

Affective Symptoms↗
PubMed2002

[Child is inattentive, cannot sit still, disturbs the classroom. Is it really a hyperkinetic disorder?].

The clarification of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) requires an unequivocal categorization of the diagnostic criteria and a differentiation of the condition from normal variations and other disorder patterns. The ICD-10 criteria comprise the main symptoms inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. In kindergarten and preschool children, hyperactivity predominates, while in schoolchildren poor attention and cognitive impulsivity tend to be to the fore. In adolescence, aggressiveness and dissocial behavior coupled with drug abuse become central. In adulthood, ADHD is associated in particular with a tendency towards a lower social status and more frequent delinquency. Establishment of the diagnosis of ADHD requires information from the person to whom the individual relates. In this connection, exploration schemas, check lists and questionnaires are often very helpful. With regard to the differential diagnosis, mental disturbances due to physical causes (e.g. hearing disorders, epilepsy, etc.) must be excluded. Consideration must also be given in particular to comorbidities--found in up to two-thirds of cases--in which disordered social behavior, affective disorders and anxiety disturbances dominate.

Adolescent↗